Fight For Freedom

An old war is being fought in California. It is about Civil Rights. This is supposedly the most liberal and conscious country in the world. Yet, not every person has equal rights. Lack of knowledge, old belief systems, religion, .........

We are not there yet. Fear is a great enemy. People fear things that they do not understand and thus it is branded as bad/unacceptable.

Freedom is a given in this country. You are not supposed to have you fight for it. Yet, the battle goes on for the sick, poor, elderly, gays, women, and all minorities.

It starts in our own small corner. It starts with acts of kindness and attempted acts of understanding. It starts with accepting people as they are. Unfortunately, not everyone is capable of such magnanimous purity of spirit.

Those of us who do understand can attempt to be a bit more understanding while we are being teachers, sometimes gentle, sometimes fierce. Nevertheless, we must simultaneously fight the good fight!

For “The superior virtue is not to be free but to fight for freedom”

Nikos Kazantzakis